Mountain West, ESPN reach media-rights deal

The Mountain West Conference has reached an agreement with ESPN to be a national television rights holder for conference-controlled football and men's basketball games beginning in 2013-14, the conference announced today.

Financial terms were not released, but ESPN's Brett McMurphy reported last week that the combined media rights would be worth $18 million annually to the MWC. That's an increase from $10 million in the most recent contract, and it would make each school's media-rights income worth about $1.6 million annually.